Heavener, Talihina split openers

Heavener’s Lexy Chick tries to get the shot off as she is defended by Talihina’s Dayton Holland

By CRAIG HALL

Callee Jo Dunigan hit seven of eight free throws down the stretch as Heavener’s girls opened with a 56-55 win over Talihina Friday night.

In the final game, Talihina’s boys were dominant throughout as the Golden Tigers took an easy 64-38 win over the Wolves.

Talihina visits Antlers Tuesday while Heavener goes to Poteau Friday.

The Lady Wolves only returned two players from last year in Dunigan and Sammie Jo Taylor and played a group of freshmen for the most of the game and still came away with the win.

Dunigan gave Heavener the lead for good with 2:04 left on a pair of free throws. Shaelena Bacon hit a layup with 1:38 left for a 52-50 advantage and Dunigan was 5-6 over the final 1:23 to clinch the win for the Lady Wolves.

Freshman Milaya Riddley led Heavener with 19 points before fouling out and Bacon scored 16.